boyfriend stated that he was not ready with the responsibility because he is still a student. She did not want to abort to child so she continues with the pregnancy and gave birth and leave the baby to her mother while she continues to work. A friend offered her to worked on club because her income is not enough to support her child and her family. She ended as guest relations officer (GRO) a euphemism for entertainer. Her younger sister also ended up as entertainer like her because of their economic difficulty. She lived with her childhood friend when her stepfather told her to get out from the house and they had two children. Her partner look after their children while she is working in the club. Her partner who has no job was the one who introduced Fanny to use prohibited drugs and the man uses her earnings to buy drugs that they used. In order to sustain their vices and there were times that that they cannot buy drugs, she resorted to selling drugs. She decided to separate with the man because of his drug addiction, jobless and affairs with several women. She was recruited by her sister who is working in a casa in Cebu and she ended in the same sex den where she is earning from dancing and going out with some Japanese men to support her children and her family. Her partner followed her in Cebu to get back together. While in Cebu, she used drugs given to her by customers. She also contracted sexually transmitted infections from having unprotected sex with a customer. Fanny was already pregnant by the Japanese customer before she reconciled with her partner.They went back to Davao City on the 7th month of her pregnancy and gave birth and in became pregnant again in 2002. They separated after giving birth and she was looking for some income to feed her children and she became Akyat Barko in Panabo City. It was there that she had foreign men mostly working in the ship as her customers. She got pregnant by Russian customers /boyfriends but only one was born because these men do not want any responsibility. All her children were living with her mother and they were not spared from abuse done by her stepfather. She told her children that if they cannot take the abuse anymore they are free to leave their grandparents’ house. Her daughters confided to her before that their grandfather asked for some massage and after her daughters did the massage, their grandfather kissed them on their faces. Because of it, Fanny took her daughters away from her parents’ house and they live with her. She was scared of the thought that her daughter might suffer the same fate as hers. In 2019, a recruiter convinced Fanny to go to Surigao and she ended as entertainer there after she gave birth to her 10th child. Despite the fact that her current partner is earning, she still is in prostitution to support her other children who is still studying. Her partner is against her decision to go to other places and Talikala has been doing the counseling and therapeutic sessions. 33

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